Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 gets a permanent price cut of Rs. 1000

Xiaomi, on Monday, announced a permanent Rs 1,000 price cut on its best-selling phone, the Redmi Note 4, in India. Prior to this price cut, these variants of the device were priced at Rs. 9,999, Rs. 10,999 and Rs. 12,999 respectively. Only some phones will fetch this high discount of Rs 11,000 on the 4GB RAM variant of Redmi Note 4. Xiaomi is now offering two versions of the Note 4 in the Indian market, one of which comes with 3GB of RAM and 32GB of internal storage, the other packs 4GB of RAM and 64GB of internal storage. The revised pricing is now in effect on Mi.com, Flipkart, Mi Stores and other retailers, who offer the Xiaomi products. For now it runs MIUI 8. It comes with a 5.5-inch 1080p IPS LCD display and is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 processor clubbed with Adreno 506GPU.

Redmi Note 4 has become one of the best selling smartphones in India for 2017, pushing Xiaomi to number two in the vendor position. There's also a microSD card slot that can expand storage up to 128GB. It is backed by a 4100mAh battery and also comes with an IR blaster and the Mi remote control app. The smartphone offers a 13-megapixel autofocus rear camera with dual tone LED flash, PDAF, f/2.0 aperture and a 5-megapixel front camera. In terms of connectivity, you get 4G LTE, VoLTE (voice over LTE), hybrid dual-SIM slots, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, IR blaster, USB OTG, and Global Positioning System.

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In related news, Xiaomi recently launched the Redmi Y1 (first impressions) and Redmi Y1 Lite smartphones in India. The duo marks the debut of a new smartphone series by the company.

The Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 is now available starting at Rs. 9,999 for both the 2GB as well as 3GB versions, while the 4GB version costs Rs. 11,999. However, the 2GB RAM variant is already out of stock and the dark grey version of the 3GB RAM and 32GB storage is also out of stock.